Hydrogenated product.



G. ELLIS.

HYDBOGENATED PRODUUT.-

APPLIOATIOH'IILED 001. a, 1912. I

Patented Feb.17,1914.

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Continuation-of application Serial No. new, area September- 10, 1912. This application filed October a, 1912. Serial No. 724,592.

To all wlzbm it ma?) concern Be it known that I, CA'RLE'roN ELLIS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Montclair, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have im'ented certain new aiid useful Improvements in Hydrogenated Products, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an edible oil or edible fat composition and relates in particular to hydrogenated oil composition comprising palm oil or equivalent material and preferably comprising two or more fatty bodies. v

To illustrate the composition, 9 parts of cottonseed oil and 1 part of palm oil may be treated, or peanut, corn, olive or other vegetable oil, oleo oil or similar animal oil, or fish or whale oil may be talren in carrying oiit the present invention. V

The step of hydrogenation preferably is carried out as described in Serial No, 686988, filed March 29, 1912, utilizing particularly the principle of dominant mass or dominant pool permitting the recess to be carried out continuously. This application is also a continuation of Serial No. 719,541, filed Sept. 10, 1912, articularly as regards the hydrogenated Oll composition containing palm oil. After hydrogenating it may be necessary to subject the oil to the action of steam preferably superheated and also preferably. at the same time place the oil under diminished atmospheric pressure and then, if desired, if the oil happens to be dark in color, fullers earth may be used. Treatment with fuller-s earth to remove any color not removed by the previous treatment may take place at a temperature of 200 to 225 F. If desired the oil may then be chilled and beaten or agitated to whiten either by absorption of air or by an innocuous gas, or simply by breaking up the initial grain.

In carrying out the hydrogenation step of the present invention apparatus as shown in the drawings may be employed.

In the drawing 1 is atank having a heating grate 2, and discharge pipe 3 provided with the valve 4 connecting with the tower 6 is an oil-level gage and 7 .is a man-hole.

8 is a chamber in the upper part of the tank having an exhaust pipe 9 carrying the valve 10.

The bottom of the tower is conical as shown at 11. In this" portion of the tower is the hydrogen distributer 12. Above this is 'a deep bed of eatalyzer 13 contained in a removable cylinder resting in the tower This cylinder is provided with the porous Patented Feb. 1.7, 1914.

bottom 32 and also with the eyes 33 for the removal of the cylinder and catalyzer. It should be stated that the former is to be made of anticatalytic metal. The catalyzer as shown at Fig- 2 preferably is composed of coarse and fine granules. Both sizes of granules may be coated with metal catalyzer but preferably only the fine particles are 'so coated.

-14 is a pipe leading from the secondary chamber 8 to the purifier 15 and from the latter a pipe 16 leads to the distributer 12. lnterposed in this conduit is the pump 19.

17 is a pipe having the valve 18 for the admission of hydrogen from the source of supply.

20 a draw-olf in the bottom of the tank l l 21 is an outlet pipe having the valve 22, all carried by the pipe 23 which latter coinmunicates with the leveling tank 24 having the level gage From the tank 2 1 a pipe 26- leads to the tank- 1. Inter-posed in the pipe 26 is the pump 27.

28 is an oil supply valve; 29 a collecting funnel for the treated oil and 30 a pressure 31. indicates a heating jacket.

In the operation of this apparatus the oil may be continuously introduced into the upper tank and the hydrogenated oil removed from the lower partof the treating tower. Although it is ne essary for the oil to pass-several times from the tower under ordinary conditions of treatment to secure the proper measure of hydrogenation, yet because of the large body of oil which is under treatment it. is possible to introduce raw oil or unhydrogenated oil in a continuous manner in the upper part of the tower and to continuously withdraw suitably treated oil at the lower part, utilizing the principle of dominantk mass or dominant pools? By this I meant-hat when continui.

ouslyjeirculating a large body of oil through the apparatus, the additionof a relatively? point in the said circuit does not materially change the composition of the main body of oil, and thus the product withdrawn is substantially' uniform in composition throughout a given period of operation.

Mixing two oils gives very desirable re-l I sultsin many cases, such for example the B prevention of undesirable granulation and butter-like compounds a very smooth grain or texture may be secured. When a product is desired of a yellow color, as in the manufacture of artificial butter, coloring agents such as dye stu'flsare undesirable. Palm oil usually'has a deep orange color but a very strong odor appears even in soaps made from it. Good grades of palm oil have a strong odor and are practically quite unpalatable. 'By hydrogenation preferably at a temperature under 180 C., I have found that the redolent odor is removed andin the lieu thereof the product has a not unpleasing odor, sometimes resembling or closely approximating that of coffee. If the product is not excessively heated during hydrogenation or'is not steamed to any great extent thereafter, the fat may also exhibit a flavor of coffee rather closely in so far as any material of a. fatty nature is capable of transmitting a flavor which is ordinarily present only i in aqueous mixtures. This "coffee flavored fat is a useful material in cooking operations, especially those in which the faint flavor of the cooking fat is desirable in the finished product. Unlike true coffee or its extract the hydrogenated cofl'ee flavored palm oil is not readily susceptible to rapid change by atmospheric influence. To recapitulate my invention relates to a fatty product of at least butter-like consistency comprising hydrogenated palm oil and the like preferably in association with other oils as for example, with cottonseed oil, so as to form an edible oil product of at least 40 butter-like consistency comprisin hydrogenated palm oil and other oily or 'atty material blendin therewith; such fatty material being suitable for edible products and other industrial purposes.

What I claim is 1. An edible oil product comprising a mixture of hydrogenated cotton-seed oil and a lesser amount of hydrogenated palm oil.

2. An edible oil product comprising a 5L mixture of hydrogenated cotton-seed oil and palm oil. Y

3. An edible 'oil product comprising a mixture of hydrogenated vegetable oil and hydrogenated palm oil.

4. An edible oil product comprising a mixture of hydrogenated fatty oil and hydrogenated palm oil.

5. An edible oil product of at least butterlike consistency comprising hydrogenated 69 palm oil and other oily or fatty material blending therewith.

6. An edibleoil product of at least butterlike consistency comprising hydrogenated palm oil.

7. A fatty product of at least butter-like consistency comprising hydrogenated palm oil.

Signed at Montclair, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, this 7th day of October, A. D. 1912.

CARLETQN ELLIS.

Witnesses: 1

BIRDELLA M. ELLIS, LILLIE Meson. 

